Chennai,
Aug 21 (TruthDive): The exodus of the N-E people that was undoubtedly caused by
rumour-mongers who want to create panic in the minds of the people has not yet
healed that, Muslim women and children in large numbers rushed to hospitals on
Eid eve after rumors were spread that two women lost their lives after applying
mehendhi on their hands and a girl lost her limbs. However police are looking
for the person who sent a text message that went viral on Monday night. [...]

[...]
Hundreds of women thronged various hospitals in Chennai, Vellore,
Coimbatore and many other places in the State in
the wee hours of Monday after rumours spread that mehendi, which they applied
on their body on the festival day, has led to the death of two persons in Bangalore. [...]

CHENNAI:
Hundreds of Muslim women and children flocked to hospitals late on Eid eve
after rumours spread that two women had died after applying mehendi on their
hands and a girl had lost her limbs. Police are on the lookout for the person,
who sent a text message that went viral on Monday night

Muslim
women wear mehendi during Eid. Several government hospitals received women and
children with mehendi on their hands, with complaints of itching and irritation
after they heard the rumours. Doctors said many of them were because of psychological
reasons.

The
mischievous text went like this: "A girl applied Mehandi (sic) called red
cone ... her hands and legs got infected, so doctors suggested to cut off her
hands and legs..." Police and doctors said the message was totally
baseless and intended to create panic among people. [...]

[...]
“The message actually emanated from Facebook and spread via chain-mails and
SMS. It stated that a girl who used one particular brand of cone mehndi had
developed serious skin allergy, which resulted in her death. There was another
SMS which said four people had died in Bangalore.
This is completely baseless…we have identified one mobile number involved in
the rumour. The Cyber Crime Police have been entrusted with the probe,” a top
police official told The Hindu. [...]